Anterior cruciate ligament graft fixation

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 685-696

  Martin, Scott David ^a   Martin, Tamara L ^a   Brown, Charles H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KNEE INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDONS;

EID: 0036810002     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(02)00023-8     Document Type: Review

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